No degeneration found in focal cartilage defects evaluated with dGEMRIC at 12-year follow-up
Background and purpose — The natural history of focal cartilage defects (FCDs) is still unresolved, as is the long-term cartilage quality after cartilage surgery. It has been suggested that delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage (dGEMRIC) is a biomarker of early OA. We a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-01-01
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Series: | Acta Orthopaedica |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2016.1255484 |